Exotics Resit Revision

A person legally owns a Binturong as a pet. Due to poor accommodation maintenance and biosecurity, the animal has escaped, and the owner cannot catch it. The animal is loose in a public park which is popular for dog walkers and children. The Binturong attacks a pet spaniel and causes moderate injury to the dog owner during the attack.

Under what piece of legislation can the owner be prosecuted as a result of this incident?

• Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

• Zoo Licensing Act 1981

• The Performing Animals Act 1925

Answer explanation

•Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 - The act ensures that individuals who keep wild animals do so in a way that minimizes the risk to the public.

•Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (‘the Act’) is to prevent the release into the wild of certain plants and animals which may cause ecological, environmental, or socio-economic harm.

What year was the Zoo Licensing Act written?

• 1986

• 1981

• 1956

• 1993

What does CITES stand for?

• Convention on internal trade of exotic species

• Constitution of international endangered species

• Convention on international trade of endangered species

• Control of trade of endangered species

A zoo keeper is working in an aviary with raptor species. One of the jobs on their list is to move the male secretary bird to a new enclosure. The keeper is new to the company and has not been trained on how to transport this species and does not know to use a pig board to assist with transportation. As a result, the keeper over-handled the bird and was bitten by the bird.

Under what piece of legislation could this zoo keeper make a claim against the zoo?

• Animal Welfare Act 2006

• CITES

• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

• COTES

Answer explanation

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - requires employers to provide free of charge training, instruction and supervision necessary for all its employees.

Which piece of legislation oversees the following?

5 Animal Welfare Needs, Zoo Records and Licencing, Public Protection​, Animal Sourcing, Animal Transport

• Animal Welfare Act 2006

• Secretary States Standards of Modern Zoo Practice

• Dangerous wild Animals Act 1976

• ◦The Pet Animals Act 1951

The owner of an exotic pet shop is subjected to an official inspection which was triggered by a complaint from a member of the public. The owner, who specializes in the sale of exotic reptiles, was found to not be providing any UV light for reptilian species being displayed in their premises. There was also evidence that bearded dragon juveniles were sold on several occasions on the premises before they reached an appropriate age. The owner was fined £5000, and their license was temporarily revoked.

1.Under what legislation can this pet shop owner be prosecuted?

2.Which authority carried out this inspection and revoked their license?

• 1. Animal Welfare Act 2006

  2. Local authority

• 1. Zoo Licencing Act 1981

  2. British Police

• 1. Pet Animals Act 1951

  2. Interpol

• 1. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

  2. DEFRA

A person was found to be illegally keeping an endangered species as a pet. The animal is in perfect health and is not a danger to anyone but has been listed as critically endangered and the owner has no licensing or paperwork. What UK legislation can UK police officers prosecute the owner of the animal under?

• COTES

• CITES

• DEFRA

• RSPCA

A trader of exotic pets wants to move some of his breeding stock from Edinburgh to London by air. They want to move a small herd of African Pygmy Goats which includes one breeding male, seven breeding females and 3 kids that belong to the females. What legislation does the trader need to abide by when moving these animals to London by air?

• COTES

• Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 2006

• IATA Regulations

• DEFRA

A zoo has received a new male leopard gecko that was sourced from a private hobby breeder. The gecko has been bred from a long line of geckos that are very good for handling. What kind of sourcing is this?

• Captive hatched

• Captive bred

• Captive farmed

• Wild caught

What is "ethical" sourcing?

• When an animal's 5 welfare needs have been met during breeding

• When animals that are not bred more than 5 times.

• When wild populations are not depleted.

• When captive populations are not depleted.